Reversible sectional lap-joint railway-rail



(No Model.)

H. D. NORRELL.

REVERSIBLE SEGTIONAL LAP JOINT RAILWAY RAILS.

N0. 294,743. Patented Mar. 4, 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATnN'r Orricn.

HANSFORD D. .NORRELL, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

REVERSIBLE SECTIONAL LAP-JOINT RAILWAY-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,743, dated March 4, 1884.

Application filed August 24, 1883. (No model.)

of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reversible Sectional Lap-Joint Railway-Rails; and I do declarethe following to be afull, clear, and'exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention, and is a top View. Fig. 2 is a side view. Fig. 3 is a vertical section.

This invention has relation to lap-rai1s for railway-tracks; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of the reversible lapping sections, all as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a designates the section which is employed on The section a is right angular in form in cross-sec tion, being rolled with the plane faces a and (1 meeting each other at the base-angle e, and with the half-heads g and h and intermediate hollow, k, extending longitudinally, so that the necks l and a are at right angles to each other. This section affords a broad base, and may be spiked down through the bolt-holes s of the lower or horizontal neck, if desirable. Tlm

section is L form. The section b is l form,

having the vertical plane face an and the channeled outer face, 19, having the upper halfhead, 1", and the lower half-head, t. In using the sections 1), the coupling-plates o are employed, these plates being placed on the inside of the rail, where the ends of the sections 1) abut against each other at the middle of the opposite section a. In this manner a lap-rail is formed of great strength, which can be easily repaired,when the half-head of any section isworn, by simply reversing the section. This construction not only strengthens the rail at the joints, but facilitates repair within the length of a single section by reversal.

Having described this invention, what I I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The L- form railway-rail section having plane faces meeting at right angles to each other, and half-heads arranged, respectively,

.in vertical and horizontal position, substantially as specified. I

2. A lap-j oint railway-rail composed of the reversible L-shaped sections a, the reversible I-form sections 12, the coupling-plates 'u, and coupling-bolts, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' HANSFORD D. NORRELL.

Witnesses: 'Inno. lVIUNGEN, EMORY H. BATES. 

